Ministry of Environmental Protection： Quantified accountability for party and government cadres in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and surrounding cities

　　Cctv newsOn September 1, the Ministry of Environmental Protection held a press conference on comprehensive air pollution control in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and surrounding areas in autumn and winter, and answered questions from reporters.

　　Reporter: We have noticed that there are some digital regulations on local accountability in this attack. Can you tell us the details of "quantitative accountability"? Why are the problems such as ineffective rectification of "scattered pollution" enterprises, unrealistic work of replacing coal with electricity and gas, inadequate "zero clearing" of small coal-fired boilers, and non-implementation of peak-shifting production in key industries the key targets of quantitative accountability?

　　Liu Changgen, Deputy Director of the State Environmental Protection Supervision Office:Quantitative accountability is an important document of compacting responsibility in 1+6. Since the beginning of this year, the prevention and control of air pollution in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and its surrounding areas has achieved good results, but the situation of atmospheric environmental quality is still very grim. In order to effectively transmit pressure and compact responsibility, according to the requirements of relevant documents of the central government and the spirit of the tenth meeting of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas air pollution prevention and control cooperation group, the party group of the Ministry has studied and promulgated relevant provisions on quantitative accountability. The main considerations are as follows:

　　The first is the sword hanging high. Is to urge everyone to really work. In the process of supervision and law enforcement, it is generally felt that party committees and governments at all levels have worked hard, done a lot of work and achieved remarkable results, but there are still some places, especially the grass-roots party committees and governments, whose environmental protection responsibilities are not implemented in place and their work is relatively passive. Therefore,The focus of quantitative accountability is "2+26" cities, county-level party committees and governments and their relevant departments, and municipal party committees and governments and their relevant departments.The focus of this document is accountability. At present, especially after autumn and winter, the situation of air pollution prevention and control in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and its surrounding areas is grim. The air control work is not allowed to cope, not allowed to slack off, and not allowed to do anything or act indiscriminately. As long as you don’t do anything, you may be held accountable as long as you don’t take responsibility. This is the sword hanging high, always maintaining a high-pressure situation, playing a deterrent role, and achieving the goal of eliminating the "middle obstruction" and getting through the "last mile".

　　The second is to grasp the facts and grasp the details. The purpose of quantification is to grasp the work in detail and work hard in this respect. One point is deployment, and nine points is implementation. If the responsibility is not compacted, the work is not detailed, the work is the same as not doing it, the work is good and the work is bad, and the work is the same as the general work, our plan will only stay on the plan and the implementation will become a failure. Quantitative accountability is very specific. What questions, whom to ask, and what degree to ask, all have made clear requirements, that is, the localities are required to really grasp the facts, grasp the details, and grasp the results.

　　There are two items to be included in quantitative accountability. One is "task-based" accountability, that is, strengthening the rectification of problems assigned by supervision and inspection. If the rectification is not in place, accountability should be carried out. The Ministry of Environmental Protection has stepped up supervision and inspection to point out problems, and local authorities have to draw inferences. If many problems are found after October, and five problems are found in a county, I’m sorry. I have to ask the responsibility of your deputy county magistrate, ask the county magistrate for 10 problems, and ask the county party secretary for 15 problems. The second is "result-based" accountability, which ranks according to the completion of the atmospheric environmental quality improvement target. Those who rank the last three and have not completed the target tasks should be held accountable, and the accountability target is the leading cadres at the prefecture level. In this way, the task of air pollution control is tied up with the responsibilities of city and county party committees and governments, and the responsibilities are suppressed layer by layer, prompting local governments to do detailed work.

　　Just now, we talked about four tasks: first, the rectification of "scattered and polluted" enterprises is not effective; second, the work of replacing coal with electricity and gas is not practical; third, the "zero clearing" of small boilers is not in place; and fourth, the peak-shifting production of key industries is not implemented. These four problems are the prominent contradictions that affect the atmospheric environmental quality in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and its surrounding areas, and they are also found to be the most in the inspection process. It is necessary to solve these problems through supervision and the government’s efforts. At the same time, through these four tasks, other work will be promoted, thus promoting the comprehensive control of air pollution. The reason for this design is to grasp the key points, grasp the key points, and have clear boundaries. If you do it, you will do it. If you don’t do it, you won’t do it, and you won’t argue.

　　The third is the long-term mechanism. The central government has made it clear that the party and government have the same responsibility and one post and two responsibilities for environmental protection. Through one-by-one inspection and repeated accountability, the responsibility will be suppressed, so that the mechanism of the party and government having the same responsibility and one post and two responsibilities for environmental protection will be formed, and a new working pattern for environmental protection will be established. Without pushing these tasks step by step, many of our requirements will only stay on the requirements.

　　Regarding the specific content of the accountability regulations, the Minister spoke in detail at the meeting yesterday, and today’s press release has also come out, so I won’t repeat it here. I’d like to report to you on how to consider the next step.

　　One is to tighten the screws. In accordance with the "five-step" arrangement of supervision, assignment, inspection, interview and special inspection, we should be interlocking and constantly tighten the screws, and we should be seriously accountable for those who do not implement, take responsibility or do things.

　　The second is goal orientation. Through the implementation of strict, specific and quantitative accountability measures, all levels and departments will be urged to really move and work, to ensure that the strengthening plan can be implemented, to promote the improvement of air quality in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and surrounding areas, and to promote the supply-side structural reform in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and surrounding areas.

　　The third is precise force. Don’t try to cover everything, but go to the problem. The content and matters of quantitative accountability are made clear, so as to better compact the responsibility and promote the work.

　　The fourth is the linkage between the Ministry and the province. According to the needs of the work, special inspectors can be jointly carried out with provincial party committees and governments. In terms of quantitative accountability, it is clear that the accountability materials are handed over to local governments, and the local party committees and governments implement accountability. The accountability results must be approved by us and made public. When there is accountability, everyone can see it.